Re: [PATCH v7 10/24] mm: Add readahead address space operation

From: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
To: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org>,
	<linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org>, <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>,
	<linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>,
	<cluster-devel@redhat.com>, <ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com>,
	<linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 10/24] mm: Add readahead address space operation
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 10:00:30 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5D7CE6BD-FABD-4901-AEF0-E0F10FC00EB1@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200219210103.32400-11-willy@infradead.org>

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On 19 Feb 2020, at 16:00, Matthew Wilcox wrote:

> From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
>
> This replaces ->readpages with a saner interface:
>  - Return void instead of an ignored error code.
>  - Page cache is already populated with locked pages when ->readahead
>    is called.
>  - New arguments can be passed to the implementation without changing
>    all the filesystems that use a common helper function like
>    mpage_readahead().
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst |  6 +++++-
>  Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst     | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/fs.h                    |  2 ++
>  include/linux/pagemap.h               | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  mm/readahead.c                        | 12 ++++++++++--
>  5 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
> index 5057e4d9dcd1..0af2e0e11461 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
> @@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ prototypes::
>  	int (*readpage)(struct file *, struct page *);
>  	int (*writepages)(struct address_space *, struct writeback_control *);
>  	int (*set_page_dirty)(struct page *page);
> +	void (*readahead)(struct readahead_control *);
>  	int (*readpages)(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
>  			struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages);
>  	int (*write_begin)(struct file *, struct address_space *mapping,
> @@ -271,7 +272,8 @@ writepage:		yes, unlocks (see below)
>  readpage:		yes, unlocks
>  writepages:
>  set_page_dirty		no
> -readpages:
> +readahead:		yes, unlocks
> +readpages:		no
>  write_begin:		locks the page		 exclusive
>  write_end:		yes, unlocks		 exclusive
>  bmap:
> @@ -295,6 +297,8 @@ the request handler (/dev/loop).
>  ->readpage() unlocks the page, either synchronously or via I/O
>  completion.
>
> +->readahead() unlocks the pages that I/O is attempted on like ->readpage().
> +
>  ->readpages() populates the pagecache with the passed pages and starts
>  I/O against them.  They come unlocked upon I/O completion.
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
> index 7d4d09dd5e6d..ed17771c212b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
> @@ -706,6 +706,7 @@ cache in your filesystem.  The following members are defined:
>  		int (*readpage)(struct file *, struct page *);
>  		int (*writepages)(struct address_space *, struct writeback_control *);
>  		int (*set_page_dirty)(struct page *page);
> +		void (*readahead)(struct readahead_control *);
>  		int (*readpages)(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
>  				 struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages);
>  		int (*write_begin)(struct file *, struct address_space *mapping,
> @@ -781,12 +782,26 @@ cache in your filesystem.  The following members are defined:
>  	If defined, it should set the PageDirty flag, and the
>  	PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY tag in the radix tree.
>
> +``readahead``
> +	Called by the VM to read pages associated with the address_space
> +	object.  The pages are consecutive in the page cache and are
> +	locked.  The implementation should decrement the page refcount
> +	after starting I/O on each page.  Usually the page will be
> +	unlocked by the I/O completion handler.  If the filesystem decides
> +	to stop attempting I/O before reaching the end of the readahead
> +	window, it can simply return.  The caller will decrement the page
> +	refcount and unlock the remaining pages for you.  Set PageUptodate
> +	if the I/O completes successfully.  Setting PageError on any page
> +	will be ignored; simply unlock the page if an I/O error occurs.
> +
>  ``readpages``
>  	called by the VM to read pages associated with the address_space
>  	object.  This is essentially just a vector version of readpage.
>  	Instead of just one page, several pages are requested.
>  	readpages is only used for read-ahead, so read errors are
>  	ignored.  If anything goes wrong, feel free to give up.
> +	This interface is deprecated and will be removed by the end of
> +	2020; implement readahead instead.
>
>  ``write_begin``
>  	Called by the generic buffered write code to ask the filesystem
> diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> index 3cd4fe6b845e..d4e2d2964346 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> @@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ enum positive_aop_returns {
>  struct page;
>  struct address_space;
>  struct writeback_control;
> +struct readahead_control;
>
>  /*
>   * Write life time hint values.
> @@ -375,6 +376,7 @@ struct address_space_operations {
>  	 */
>  	int (*readpages)(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
>  			struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages);
> +	void (*readahead)(struct readahead_control *);
>
>  	int (*write_begin)(struct file *, struct address_space *mapping,
>  				loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
> diff --git a/include/linux/pagemap.h b/include/linux/pagemap.h
> index 4989d330fada..b3008605fd1b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/pagemap.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pagemap.h
> @@ -669,6 +669,24 @@ static inline struct page *readahead_page(struct readahead_control *rac)
>  	return page;
>  }
>
> +/* The byte offset into the file of this readahead block */
> +static inline loff_t readahead_pos(struct readahead_control *rac)
> +{
> +	return (loff_t)rac->_index * PAGE_SIZE;
> +}
> +
> +/* The number of bytes in this readahead block */
> +static inline loff_t readahead_length(struct readahead_control *rac)
> +{
> +	return (loff_t)rac->_nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE;
> +}
> +
> +/* The index of the first page in this readahead block */
> +static inline unsigned int readahead_index(struct readahead_control *rac)
> +{
> +	return rac->_index;
> +}

rac->_index is pgoff_t, so readahead_index() should return the same type, right?
BTW, pgoff_t is unsigned long.

> +
>  /* The number of pages in this readahead block */
>  static inline unsigned int readahead_count(struct readahead_control *rac)
>  {
> diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c
> index aaa209559ba2..07cdfbf00f4b 100644
> --- a/mm/readahead.c
> +++ b/mm/readahead.c
> @@ -124,7 +124,14 @@ static void read_pages(struct readahead_control *rac, struct list_head *pages)
>
>  	blk_start_plug(&plug);
>
> -	if (aops->readpages) {
> +	if (aops->readahead) {
> +		aops->readahead(rac);
> +		/* Clean up the remaining pages */
> +		while ((page = readahead_page(rac))) {
> +			unlock_page(page);
> +			put_page(page);
> +		}
> +	} else if (aops->readpages) {
>  		aops->readpages(rac->file, rac->mapping, pages,
>  				readahead_count(rac));
>  		/* Clean up the remaining pages */
> @@ -234,7 +241,8 @@ void force_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
>  	struct file_ra_state *ra = &filp->f_ra;
>  	unsigned long max_pages;
>
> -	if (unlikely(!mapping->a_ops->readpage && !mapping->a_ops->readpages))
> +	if (unlikely(!mapping->a_ops->readpage && !mapping->a_ops->readpages &&
> +			!mapping->a_ops->readahead))
>  		return;
>
>  	/*
> -- 
> 2.25.0

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Best Regards,
Yan Zi

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